Craft and StructureEasyAgreement on a benefit
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Leaving a strip of wildflowers along a field's edge supports the insects that pollinate the crop, argues ecologist Nia Bevan.
Text 2
Farms that planted flower strips saw more bees in the adjacent crop and a measurable rise in fruit set.
Based on the texts, Bevan and the author of Text 2 would most likely agree on which point?
- A. Flower strips at field edges help pollinators and, through them, the crop.Correct
- B. Flower strips reduce crop yields.
- C. Bees should be kept in hives.
- D. Farms should stop growing fruit.
Answer: A. Flower strips at field edges help pollinators and, through them, the crop.
Text 1 argues it; Text 2 measures it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Flower strips reduce crop yields.
- Text 2 found a rise in fruit set.
- C. Bees should be kept in hives.
- Hives are not mentioned.
- D. Farms should stop growing fruit.
- Not suggested.
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